Configuring Router/Switch Properties

• Overview                 

• Configuring Router Properties            

• Configuring Switch Properties

Overview

A network management application discovers a device as a router or switch by polling the appropriate OIDs configured in the device. The OIDs polled varies with the type of the device. The Network Simulator captures these device specific parameters in a separate user interface and displays them in an easily understandable format. This enables the user to configure these values easily even without having to understand the MIB syntaxes.

Configuring Router Properties

1. To configure router properties, right-click on a router device and select the option Router Properties. The Router/ Properties dialog is displayed, wherein you can configure the following node values of the RFC 1213 MIB.  

System Details : The following node values of the system group will be displayed.

• System Description: RFC1213-MIB - > system - > sysDescription

• System ObjectID : RFC1213-MIB - > system - > sysOID

Interface Details :

• The following interface details will be displayed for the instances available in the ifTable of the RFC 1213 MIB. You can add a new entry to the table, modify existing values or delete an entry from the table.

• Interface Index : RFC1213-MIB - > interfaces -> ifTable -> ifIndex

• Inferface Name : RFC1213-MIB - >interfaces -> ifTable -> ifDescr

• Plysical Address :RFC1213-MIB - >interfaces -> ifTable -> ifPhysAddress

• Interface Status : RFC1213-MIB - >interfaces -> ifTable -> ifAdminStatus

• The IP address assigned to each interface will be displayed for the instances available in  ipAddrTable of the RFC 1213 MIB. You can add a new entry to the table, modify existing values or delete an entry from the table.

• Interface Index : RFC1213-MIB - > ip -> ipAddrTable -> ipAdEntIfIndex

• IP Address : RFC1213-MIB - > ip ->  ipAddrTable -> ipAdEntAddr

• The ip addresses of the devices connected to each interface will be displayed for the instances available in the ipNetToMediaTable of the RFC 1213 MIB. You can add a new entry to the table, modify existing values or delete an entry from the table.

• Interface Index : RFC1213-MIB - > ip -> ipNetToMediaTable ->  ipNetToMediaIfIndex

• Device IP Address : RFC1213-MIB - > ip -> ipNetToMediaTable ->  ipNetToMediaPhysAddress

2. Select Update the update the values in the RFC 1213 MIB or select Cancel to ignore the changes made and exit from the dialog.

Configuring Switch Properties

1. To configure switch properties, right-click on a switch device and select the option Switch Properties. The Switch Properties dialog is displayed, wherein you can modify the ollowing node values of the RFC 1213 MIB and Bridge MIB.

System Details : The following node values of the system group in RFC1213 MIB will be displayed.

• system - > sysDescription

• system -> sysOID

Port Details : The following node values of the dot1dBase group, dot1dBasePortTable and dot1dStpPortTable in BRIDGE-MIB will be displayed. You can add a new entry to the table, modify existing values or delete an entry from the table.

• Number of ports -> dot1dBaseNumPorts

• Port Index ->  dot1dBasePortTable -> dot1dBasePort

• Port Current State -> dot1dStpPortTable -> dot1dStpPortState

2. Select Update the update the values in the agent or select Cancel to ignore the changes made and exit from the dialog.